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Trayvon Martin Book Planned by Parents

According to The New York Times, the parents of Trayvon Martin have been shopping around a book they’ve written on the events surrounding the death of their son. Trayvon Martin was the unarmed teenager shot and killed in 2012 by George Zimmerman, who got off scot-free under the stand-your-ground clause of Florida law. Zimmerman has since been the subject of other mishaps, scuffles and infractions that add more layers of doubt around the actual events that led to Martin’s murder.

Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, would like to ‘lift the hoody’ on their experience enduring the death of their son and a disappointing court ruling, and plan to give ”the full picture of their son while tracing their own experience of shock and sorrow,” according to The New York Times. Publishers have emerged from the understandably solemn meetings noting that the Martins were committed to speaking out fully on the subject. One noted that, given the family’s faith, the book may likely be imbued with spiritual undertones.

Lisa Bloom, the New York Times bestselling author of Think and Swagger, is already working on a book tracing the events leading up to and following the death of Trayvon Martin. Whereas Bloom, an NBC News legal analyst, will provide legal context to the legal arguments and controversial laws that ultimately swayed the Florida ruling, we can expect a much more personal, heartfelt and emotional story from Martin’s parents. To get a sense of the tone that will likely be set for the forthcoming book, Trayvon’s father had this to say after the case closed.

“Does the system work? It didn’t work for us. We remain prayerful that through this injustice, we can close that gap and hopefully the system can start working for everyone equally.”